source 1 (web) Blume, Judy. (2007): n. pag. Web. 29 Apr 2010. <http://www.judyblume.com/home.php>.

  1. when she would tell people she wanted to be a writer they would tell her do you know the chances of becoming a writer
  2. made stories up in her head
  3. writes child, teen and adult books
  4. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold
  5. her work has been translated into thirty-one languages
  6. She is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund
  7. also founder of a charitable and educational foundatio
  8. her husband is a law professor.
  9. judy's husband also wrote non-fiction books.
  10. When Judy and her husband moved to Key West, he started a non-profit movie theater. she calls him Mister Movie!
  11. Writes her books off of memories of her own life, incidents of her childcare's lives,
  12. each of her books are unique
  13. she was Curious and imaginative, but also a worrier when she was a teenager
  14. grew up going to a public school
  15. she was a good students and like it when her teachers made the subject "come alive"
  16. Judy enjoyed reading and writing this was mainly when English was her favorite subject
  17. in high school she was small, skinny, and a late developer.
  18. most of her books are her imagination but they involve her memories of her life, children lifes and what she see and hears
  19. she has written twenty-eight books
  20. she was 17 when she started to write seriously

sources 2 (online print) "Overview of Judy (Sussman) Blume." DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.

21. her concern about that youth has gotten her fans
22.her books can be entertaining and educational
23.in her books for young adults involve divorce
24.teenage book written by Judy involve family
25.judys book for teenagers also involve friendship
26.judy's characters tell about their feelings as a way to solve their problems
27. her books are about cultural concerns involving ones body and their self
28. she told a reporter that "knew intuitively what kids wanted to know because I remembered what I wanted to know"
29. she writes about sexuality because when she was a kid that's what she wondered about
30 she will carefully watch over children's lives to learn more
31. she says she can easily project herself back to moment in her life
32. Her books are liked because they are accessible, warm hearted, and many times funny
33. the style of writing she doesn't very honest and direct

34. most of her books are in first person narrative
35. her books were written a long time ago when there wasn't as much sensor ship as there is now
36. judy would collect letters from children that has questions they weren't comfortable with asking their parents in 1986 Judy collected these notes and published them into a book called " letters to Judy: What Your Kids Wish They Could Tell You"
37. the book she wrote letters to Judy: what your kids wish they could tell you, she wrote this and published it hoping to break the silence between teens and parents
38. she does write books for young children like the Fudge series she says shes hopes that all her young readers when they grow up they will read what Judy has to say about young adult hood
39. judy is concerned about young adults growing up and understanding everything
40. she is able to convince young people that you can find the truth in a book and reading is fun

source 3 (online print) Naylor, Alice Phoebe, and Carol Wintercorn. "Judy Blume." DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.

41. her readers tend to be involved with not only the characters but her also
42. Judy thinks that when you take someones thoughts about a problem out into the open this will help give solutions which is why her books have sexual content and lauange
43. she believes humor is an important part of a child's life she wouldn't mind if she had to write all but funny books
44. judy earlier in life was enrolled in a class called writing for children and teenagers
45.Because judy had to move to Florida and make new friends shes able to put many friendships in her books
46. When she needs and idea for a novel she will take her concerns she had when she was a child
47. in one of her books she mentions a character fudge he was based off her son when he was a toddler
48. her book sometimes even describe her own child life fears
49. She was afraid of
dogs, thunderstorms, and swimming and in her book Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (1972) she has all these fears involved in the book
50. Her book forever was for her 19 year old daughter
51.when writing forever she wanted a book that involved sexuality but no punishment
52. this book was written to prove that most teenagers are not ready for "forever"
53. Judy says many kids will grow up with out have death of people around them occurring during their life
54. The Jewish culture plays a roll in judys books because she is Jewish along with Jewish cultures there's also friends
55.growing up her father had 6 brothers and 5 sister most of which had died in her life
56. judy tells her readers about how she will write about her real life and what happened but often they will become fiction
57. adults have become just as good of fans of her books as children have
58. judy often talks about what characters do not what they are
59. in her book what your kids with they could tell you the hardest chapter for her to write was about splitting up because these there the hardest times of her life
60. she had received thousands of letters when writing her book what your kids wish they could tell you this just showed her that her they do not suffer and change

source 4 (web) Gottlieb, Amy. "Judy Blume." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. April 29, 2010 <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/blume-judy>
61. once her childern were done nursing she began to write
62. he fans pass around her books and compare the notes they have on them
63. her books evolve many children's concerns
64.as a child growing up she was in a Jewish family and fallowed the Jewish cultures
65. her father had died the same year she was married
66.judy began to write her books in the mid 1960's
67.her book are you there god? was the major turning point in her writing
68. are you there god involved some of her own personal experiences
69. her book are you there god? mentions things about growing up with a Jewish mother and christian father
70. her books talk about family break ups and divorce she has gone through a couple divorces so shes able to relate to these cases
71. growing up judy has to move to Miami so the hot weather would help heal her brothers kidney problem she had to make new friends and gain new friendships which is why she mentions friendships in many of her books
72. judy has so many memories and fears when growing up as a young adult which is why her books involve emotion to show her readers they are not alone in there fears and confusion
73. she describes her books as a diary or journals
74. by adding emotion to her writing this gives the reader a chance to refer to the text and talk about feelings
75.her book smart woman talks about a woman that had just gone through a divorce and how shes able to deal with being a single mother and new relationships shes involved in
76.when judy was writing her book what your kids wish they could tell you she was trying to get parents to see life but through their childrens eyes
77. judy writes to a great range of readers all the way form young childern with her book tails of a fourth grade nothing to young adults/teenagers with forever and adults with what your kids wish they could tell you
78. Judy was surprised when at one point her books were banned from library
79. her book forever talks about a young girls first true love
80. because of judys relatable style her books have been very popular